LoginA major barrier to using energy simulation tools during the design process of a building has been the difficulty of using the available programs.
IBPSA 1997 - Prague, Czech Republic
International Building Simulation Conference 1997, Prague, Czech Republic.
Contains 117 papers.
Volume content
The design of monitoring system for distnbuted energy and heat supply is presented in the paper.
COMIS 3.0: a new simulation environment for multizone air flow and pollutant transport modelling | 1997 | English
COMIS 3.0 is a new simulation environment developed in the framework of IEA/ECB Annex 23. To our knowledge this is the first time that one of the Annexes of IEA/ECB produces as its main result a validated software not only designed for research la
If a map of a city is encoded as a Digital Elevation Model, it becomes amenable to image-processing software, such as the public-domain NIH Image application.
Application of simulation in design and operation of refurbished buildings and heating systems | 1997 | English
This paper gives an introduction into the simulation of the thermic behaviour of a modernized building including the calculation of both single and two pipe heating by a new TYPE57 for simulation of heating pipe systems within the program TRNSYS.
In this paper, a new method of direct run - time coupling between building energy simulation and global illuminance simulation is outlined and discussed.
This paper describes the simulation of electric storage heaters and their controls. A method for modelling manual control, inferred from transformer readings, is described.
This paper presents the theoretical modelling work of an elementary urban units (street), thermal behaviour.
Computation of sound propagation in enclosed spaces is needed for a variety of purposes such as noise exposure in industrial spaces, acoustic privacy conditions in open-plan office settings, and speech intelligibility in auditoriums.
A new method aimed at the selection of the best reduction technique for each given invariant linear system, such as those obtained when modelling the thermal behaviour of building envelopes, is presented here.
Numerical and experimetal assessment of a flow field in a ventilated industrial hall | 1997 | English
The paper presents the results from a numerical and experimental investigation of the velocity distribution in a ventilated industrial hall in the nuclear power plant in Bulgaria.
The CLIM 2000 software environment [1] was developed by the Electricity Applications in Buildings Branch of the French utility company, Electricité de France.
A simulation software focused on HVAC energy consumption in large supermarkets, called Clim Top, has been recently developed in France.
Epidemiological evidence suggests that mould infestation in buildings can have serious health implications for the occupants.
This paper reports the current state of an ongoing collaborative project which aims to promote modelling and simulation of energy in buildings by making self-learning course material available on the World Wide Web (WWW).
Earth heat exchangers are advantageous features to reduce energy consumption in residential buildings.
A fuzzy control adapted by a neural network to maintan a dwelling within thermal comfort | 1997 | English
This paper presents the results of a neuro fuzzy control setting the fan-coils air flow rate of three zones of a dwelling to improve the comfort.
An inverse model to predict and evaluate the energy performance of large commercial and institucional buildings | 1997 | English
A new method for predicting and evaluating the energy performance of large commercial and institutional buildings is developed, as an alternative to using existing comprehensive energy simulation programs like DOE-2 and BLAST, or oversimplified to
Much of the current building simulation research and development concentrates on improving user interfaces to simulation “engines”. The goal seems to be to make the software easier to use. This begs two questions: what interface to use?
A comparative validation based certification test for home energy rating system software | 1997 | English
This paper summarizes a two volume National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) report entitled "Home Energy Rating System Building Energy Simulation Test (HERS BESTEST)" (Judkoff and Neymark, 1995a).